Background
Roberts was born on March 7, 1905 in New York City.
Roberts was born on March 7, 1905 in New York City.
She was briefly married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley. Ripley never spoke about the marriage, calling himself a "confirmed bachelor". She went to Hollywood in 1933 and between then and 1946, she appeared in nearly 60 films, including Tall Timber (1937) and Love Takes Flight (also 1937), in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot.
Many of her roles were small and uncredited.
Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon"s Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial. In the 1940s, Roberts married John Wesley Smith.
Her last movie contract was with Universal, and her final appearances were in Criss-Cross and Family Honeymoon. Her acting career never becoming the success she had dreamed of, she left Hollywood in 1949.
She died in Plymouth, Massachusetts from pneumonia, aged 65.